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MRP Matila Röhr Productions

The Crawl

2005 26 min Finnish S
Wubly rating 6.7 IMDb rating 6.8

“Swimming feels like being on an eternal journey - never arriving.”

A visual and delicately poetic story about the relationship between a swimmer and water. A young competitive swimmer meets the world's fastest woman swimmer in her dreams and races her.

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P.V. Lehtinen Director · Pasi Pauni Cinematographer

First release October 29, 2004 · Produced in Finland · Production Cineparadiso

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MRP Matila Röhr Productions

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Cineparadiso

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Original title

Krooli

Original language

Finnish

Spoken on screen

Finnish

Release dates

Finland · October 29, 2004

Premiere · Hämeelinna Clone Digital Film Festival

Finland · January 21, 2005

Limited theatrical · Bio Rex - Helsinki

No release date listed for United States.

Canada

September 18, 2005 · Premiere · Festival International de Films de Montréal

Czechia

October 25, 2005 · Premiere · Jihlava International Documentary Festival

Finland

January 13, 2005 · Premiere · DocPoint - Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival

March 9, 2005 · Premiere · Tampere Film Festival

April 12, 2005 · Premiere · Illumenation European Film School Festival

April 16, 2005 · Premiere · Marekino Kotka

August 18, 2005 · Premiere · Blue Sea Film Festival

November 5, 2005 · Premiere · Hanko Film Festival

November 9, 2005 · Premiere · Kettupäivät - New Finnish Short and Documentary Films

November 17, 2005 · Premiere · Bio Rex - Digitaalisen elokuvan erikoispäivä

December 9, 2006 · Premiere · Pinnan Alla - Underwater Film Festival

France

October 27, 2005 · Premiere · World Festival of Underwater Pictures - Antibes

Germany

November 16, 2004 · Premiere · Regensburg Short Film Week

September 12, 2005 · Premiere · Ludwigsburg European Short Film Biennale

November 30, 2005 · Premiere · Short Cuts Cologne

Greece

April 1, 2005 · Premiere · The Finnish Film Week Thessaloniki

September 19, 2005 · Premiere · International Short Film Festival in Drama

India

January 18, 2007 · Premiere · Mumbai International FICTS Festival Sport Movies & TV

Ireland

October 9, 2005 · Premiere · Cork Film Festival

Italy

November 18, 2005 · Premiere · Siena International Short Film Festival

October 27, 2006 · Premiere · Milan International FICTS Festival Sport Movies & TV

December 11, 2006 · Premiere · International Sport Film Festival Palermo

Poland

May 31, 2005 · Premiere · Cracow Film Festival

February 17, 2007 · Premiere · Warsaw International FICTS Festival

Portugal

April 21, 2005 · Premiere · IndieLisboa Film Festival

Russia

June 4, 2006 · Premiere · Krasnogorski International Festival of Sport Films

Slovakia

June 23, 2006 · Premiere · International Art Film Festival

Spain

November 21, 2005 · Premiere · International Festival Of Documentary and Short Film Bilbao

United Kingdom

November 17, 2005 · Premiere · Northern Lights Film Festival

September 4, 2006 · Limited theatrical · Future Shorts Cinema (September programme)

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